S. 1124 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 

An Act 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to improve the Act. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘WIOA Technical Amendments 

Act’’. 

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. 

(a) DESIGNATION OF AREAS SERVED BY RURAL CONCENTRATED

EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS AS LOCAL AREAS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 106(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3121(b)) is amended— 

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and 

(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: 

‘‘(5) AREAS SERVED BY RURAL CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT

PROGRAMS.—The Governor may approve, under paragraph (2) 

or (3), a request for designation as a local area from an area 

described in section 107(c)(1)(C).’’. 

(b) LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS.—Section 

107(i)(1)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3122(i)(1)(B)) is amended by 

striking ‘‘the day before the date of enactment of this Act’’ and 

inserting ‘‘the day before the date of enactment of the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998’’. 

(c) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.—Section 116 of 

such Act (29 U.S.C. 3141) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv), by striking ‘‘clause (i)(IV)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘clause (i)(VI)’’; and 

(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘for a program described 

in subsection (d)(2)(A)’’. 

(d) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—Section 132(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

3172(b)) is amended, in paragraphs (1)(B)(iv)(I) and (2)(B)(iii)(I), 

by inserting ‘‘less than’’ after ‘‘fiscal year that is’’. 

(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) Section 102(b)(2)(D)(i)(III) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

3112(b)(2)(D)(i)(III)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 106(b)(5)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 106(b)(6)’’. 

(2) Section 129(b)(1)(C) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(b)(1)(C)) 

is amended by striking ‘‘subsections (b)(6) and (c)(2) of section 

106’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b)(7) and (c)(2) of section 106’’. 
S. 1124—2 

(3) Section 134(a)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

3174(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 106(b)(6)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 106(b)(7)’’. 

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect as if included in the Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act. 

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 400(b) of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973 (29 U.S.C. 780(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(b)(1) Each member of the National Council shall serve for 

a term of 3 years. 

‘‘(2)(A) No member of the National Council may serve more 

than two consecutive full terms beginning on the date of commencement of the first full term on the Council. Members may serve 

after the expiration of their terms until their successors have taken 

office. 

‘‘(B) As used in this paragraph, the term ‘full term’ means 

a term of 3 years. 

‘‘(3) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before 

the expiration of the term for which such member’s predecessor 

was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such 

term.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall take effect as if enacted 1 day after the date of enactment 

of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 

et seq.). 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.